The prosecution of Rebecca Grossman has become one of the most controversial cases in Los Angeles County in recent memory, not only because of the tragic deaths of two young boys, but because of the tactics, timing, and motivations that defined the case. A close examination of the record reveals a disturbing pattern of political…
What Did and Didn’t Happen in the Rebecca Grossman Case: The Media Mythmaking and Mob Mentality Fueled by Outrage, Not Evidence
From the moment Rebecca Grossman’s name emerged as one of the drivers involved in the September 29, 2020 tragedy that claimed the lives of Mark and Jacob Iskander, the mainstream media abandoned any pretense of neutrality. Fueled by inaccurate and misleading information supplied by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lost Hills Station, reporters rushed…